Thursday, December 4, 2025

The BBC got it so wrong yesterday morning - embarrassing

They say it is never fair to kick someone when they are down, it makes sense, and it’s the correct

action to take.

The BBC has been in troubled waters of late, but no matter how and why it is suffering, it must be admitted that it is a great organisation and its journalists and staff are among the best of the world, producing top class programmes. Its daily news service is rightly acclaimed as top class.

Yesterday morning the BBC got off on the wrong foot from the moment go. On its 6am news it said that the German President Frank-Walter Steinheimer and his wife were making a State visit to the UK. The man’s name is Steinmeier. They got it right 30 minutes later on their 06.30 news bulletin.

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